The legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway, who lived and wrote in Key West throughout the 1930s, is to be celebrated Tuesday through Sunday, July 20-25, during the island's 30th annual Hemingway Days.
Festival standouts include a look-alike contest for Hemingway imitators, a leading American short story competition directed by Ernest's author granddaughter, a one-man play exploring Hemingway's adventures and a three-day marlin tournament recalling his passion for deep-sea angling.
More than 125 burly, bearded contestants are expected to compete in the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, to be held at Sloppy Joe's Bar, 201 Duval St. Preliminary rounds are set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 22 and 23, with finalists facing off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 24.
Sloppy Joe's also spotlights the bearded brotherhood in the annual "Running of the Bulls," a quirky take-off on Pamplona's famous run, outside the bar at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 24.
Before the bull bash, at noon look-alikes will be on hand for "Photos with Papa." Afterwards, they plan to serve a birthday cake in a slightly belated celebration of Ernest's July 21 birthday.
Visit www.sloppyjoes.com for contest registration and additional information.
The festival's foremost literary event is the announcement of the winners of the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, which awards $2,000 annually to emerging fiction writers.
Author Lorian Hemingway, whose books include the critically acclaimed memoir "Walk on Water," is to introduce the first-place story at an 8 p.m. reception Friday, July 23. The awards gala traditionally takes place at Casa Antigua, 314 Simonton St., where Ernest Hemingway stayed in 1928 during his first visit to Key West.
For contest information, visit http://www.shortstorycompetition.com/.
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